diff --git a/cloud-init.sh b/cloud-init.sh
index 2fe4749..2ec6291 100755
--- a/cloud-init.sh
+++ b/cloud-init.sh
@@ -33,8 +33,18 @@ LATEST_IMG=$(wget -qO- $DEBIAN_IMG_DIR | grep -oP '(?<=href=")[^"]*(?=/")' | gre
 SRC_IMG="${DEBIAN_IMG_DIR}${LATEST_IMG}/debian-${DEBIAN_VERSION}-generic-amd64-${LATEST_IMG}.qcow2"
 IMG_NAME="${LOCAL_IMG_DIR}/debian-${DEBIAN_VERSION}-generic-amd64-${LATEST_IMG}.qcow2"
 
+# Check if Git LFS is installed
+if ! which git-lfs > /dev/null; then
+  echo "git-lfs not found. Please install git-lfs and try again."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Pull the specific image file from Git LFS if it exists in the repository
+git lfs pull --include "$IMG_NAME" || true
+
 # Download the image if it doesn't already exist
 if [ ! -f "$IMG_NAME" ]; then
+   echo "New release. Downloading it now..."
    wget -O $IMG_NAME $SRC_IMG
 fi
 
@@ -72,3 +82,6 @@ qm set $VMID --serial0 socket --vga serial0
 qm set $VMID --ipconfig0 ip=dhcp,gw=10.10.0.1
 qm resize $VMID scsi0 $DISK_SIZE
 qm template $VMID
+
+# Optionally, remove the downloaded image
+# rm $IMG_NAME